I’m packing for a trip and that always includes making sure I have something to write in as I sit at the airport. Some of my best thoughts and words find their way onto a page in a departure lounge.
As I looked around for which moleskin to bring, I realized I have started a new one many times over in the last dozen years. Only to “forget” and buy a new one for the next adventure.
So I have a small stack of barely broken in books. And so I wondered…do I start another new one? Or do I fill in the one that started in 2010? And if someone ever reviews my works after I’m gone (ha!) there will be a maze of timelines as the dates jump from book to book and over to a new one.
I decided to take the dramatic red moleskin on this trip. And continue my wonderings on the lined pages that began when I brought home my latest dog, Cooper, more than four years ago.
In the search for the book to bring, I came across this…
It’s hard to be happier
It’s hard to be happier with the sun-starched shirts coming crisply off the line
Folding themselves in perfect thirds
Tiny dotted sheets luffing in the backyard breeze
Pants lined in a row – darkening with dryness
Blankets giving up the dog’s hair for freshness
It’s hard to be happier than at this moment
A great reminder in these gloomy dark days of winter. And some inspiration to get me ready for tomorrow’s airport lounge.
For 2016, I’ve decided to trying sketching every day – which of course requires a new sketchbook.
Stay tuned and happy holidays, wherever you are.
whatever comes to mind 